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Q&A: Thurston Moore on Chelsea Light Moving, Occupy Wall Street and the Future of Sonic Youth | ARTICLE
Ever since he and his wife and Sonic Youth bandmate Kim Gordon announced their split in late 2011, Thurston Moore has kept his mouth largely shut. "I wasn't doing any press whatsoever – I kind...
May 16, 2013 10:00 AM ET -
Richie Havens, Folk Icon, Dead at 72 | ARTICLE
Richie Havens, who brought an earthy soulfulness to the folk scene of the Sixties and was the first act to hit the stage at Woodstock, died of a heart attack on Monday, April 22. He was 72...
April 22, 2013 5:15 PM ET -
The Rascals Reunite on Broadway | ARTICLE
Are the Rascals the most underappreciated and influential band in rock? Arguably New York's first great band, they had an astonishingly varied repertoire – these were the same guys who gave us the beach-stroll beauty of "Groovin,'"...
April 17, 2013 10:00 AM ET -
How James Taylor Made 'Sweet Baby James' | ARTICLE
In 1970, a country still reeling from Vietnam, the Kennedy and King assassinations and the Manson murders was ready for something calm and introspective. Into that void appeared James Taylor's second album, Sweet Baby James,...
April 16, 2013 11:50 AM ET -
The Section: Knights of Soft Rock | ARTICLE
By 1979, guitarist Waddy Wachtel thought he'd seen everything. He had shown up for morning studio sessions to find Warren Zevon already wasted;...
April 11, 2013 12:05 PM ET -
The National Channel Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan on New Album | ARTICLE
In retrospect, the National probably shouldn't have tried to start recording their sixth album on the night Hurricane Sandy hit New York. The band had just settled into the Clubhouse studio – where it planned to live...
April 11, 2013 8:00 AM ET -
'Psylodelic' Museum Unearths Hippie Artifacts From Woodstock Era | ARTICLE
A Haight-Ashbury Museum of Psychedelic Art and History is in development in San Francisco, but former Jefferson Airplane guitarist Jorma Kaukonen has beaten them to the idea. In June, Kaukonen will officially open...
April 9, 2013 1:15 PM ET -
Six Things You Didn't Know About Clive Davis | ARTICLE
It's taken almost four decades, but Clive Davis – former head of Columbia, Arista and J Records, now chief creative officer of Sony Music Entertainment – has written a sequel to his 1975 memoir. The Soundtrack of...
March 4, 2013 12:40 PM ET -
They All Played For Us | ALBUM REVIEW
Call it the Coachella of the folk posse. Early last year, the indie Arhoolie label, longtime champions of every genre of American roots music, threw itself a fiftieth anniversary bash, captured on these four animated discs. The...
February 26, 2013 10:55 AM ET -
Q&A: Clive Davis on Whitney, Aretha and Spat With Kelly Clarkson | ARTICLE
At 80, Clive Davis, the chief creative officer of Sony Music Entertainment, isn't close to his last dance. The longtime record executive – who headed Columbia, Arista and J during his storied career, working with everyone from...
February 20, 2013 12:40 PM ET -
Clive Davis Comes Out in New Memoir | ARTICLE
Clive Davis' new memoir, The Soundtrack of My Life, is full of inside stories from throughout his famed career. But the biggest revelation is a personal one: For the first time, the 80-year-old record executive discusses his...
February 19, 2013 12:05 AM ET -
Black Sabbath's Dark, Twisted Resurrection | ARTICLE
It's a sunny January day in Los Angeles, but as you'd expect, Black Sabbath's world is looking pretty dark. Guitarist Tony Iommi is back home in England being treated for the lymphoma cancer he was...
February 10, 2013 12:00 AM ET -
MGMT Get Even Wilder on Synth-Heavy Third Album | ARTICLE
For the better part of the past year, MGMT have been holed up at a woodsy cabin outside Buffalo, New York, that resembles a Rube Goldberg version of a recording studio: Nearly every corner of every...
January 29, 2013 7:00 AM ET -
Rare Paul McCartney Recording of 'A World Without Love' Surfaces | ARTICLE
To the small but growing list of rare Beatles tapes that unexpectedly pop up, add one more: Paul McCartney's solo performance of "A World Without Love," the debut 1964 single by Peter and Gordon that...
January 18, 2013 11:35 AM ET -
James Brown Biopic Set to Begin Casting Soon | ARTICLE
Authorized biopics of legendary musicians like Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain are stuck in various stages of development, but another music film long in gestation – dramatizing the bumpy life and times of James...
January 16, 2013 9:00 AM ET -
Survival of the Fittest in the New Music Industry | ARTICLE
As they prepared to record their new album, Not Your Kind of People, Garbage received a crash course in the new realities of the music business. Having parted ways with Geffen, their former home, the band...
November 8, 2012 3:50 PM ET -
George McGovern Dead at 90 | ARTICLE
George McGovern, the longtime anti-war congressman from South Dakota who notoriously suffered a devastating loss to Richard Nixon in the 1972 presidential campaign, died early Sunday morning at the age of 90. McGovern had suffered a head injury...
October 21, 2012 8:35 AM ET -
Songwriter J.D. Souther Stumbles Into His Role in 'Nashville' | ARTICLE
It's not every actor who receives a "good job" email from Don Henley after his TV series premieres, but J.D. Souther isn't your typical thespian. Sharp-eyed music fans may have done a double take when they saw...
October 18, 2012 1:00 PM ET -
The Triumph of Adele | ARTICLE
I wanna do something mean!" said Adele. It was the day after the 2010 Grammys; she hadn't been up for any awards the...
October 11, 2012 12:00 PM ET -
Adam Yauch Design Leads All-Star Skateboard Auction | ARTICLE
Two months before he passed away, Beastie Boy Adam Yauch paid tribute to one of his favorite pastimes: skateboarding. At the request of skate legend Bucky Lasek, Yauch – an avid skater since he was in...
September 20, 2012 3:25 PM ET
